Package.



J. S FERGUSON.

PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 2,1908.

948,503. 7 Patented-Feb. s, 1910.

WII'N'ESSBS, IN 'V'EN'TOR,

K i FERGUSON,

ATT'Y.

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Toj'dll'wboni it may concern: 5

50H, ofthe city of Ottawa, in the county of- Qafletom-Province of Ontario, Can'atla,=havc inv ented""certain new'Tand useful im a rsn entsin Packages, of ,whiclr the following is a Specification.

- My invention relates-.to improvementsj i n packages and. tparticnlarlyT'to packages join cd partly 0' fold-able material such as fpulp board, paper board and the'like, and partly of stilt reinforcingmaterial such'as.

' wood, which is adapted to receive fastening Specifically considered," the j-ini eiitioii re .sides ofthepackage' are formed by a'single' member which, in thepreferred form, con

devices which connect the foldable material thereto, and the general object of my mven of pa'ckage which may be inani'ifacluredi el'y. cheapl-yto'compcte with the ordinary form of wooden box' packing lt'pl'usellt i'ised, and whichfowing to the scarcity of lun1 beri:'l5v becoming more and more QXPGTISIYQFS'b11116 goes on.- 1

dates to'ran improved form of stiff side men} her and to an improved-'meansfoi: effecting 'the closureof the receptacle. L

In its construction the invention includes. stiflf end' members each formed by" rectangular'frames of wood or like material covered on one side by two thieknesses ofthin material such-as pulp boa rd, bctweenwliicl reinforcing wire extends.- The remaining sists of two similarlyshaped and contiguous blanks of such length that, when closed, the edges ofthe blanks" will interlap and thus flecta secure closure.

Other features'of the invention are referred to in,detail in the following specification, which, together with the accompanying drawings, give 9. There complete descriptioh thereof. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a. perspective view. of the package partially in section.

I Fig. 2 is an end view'of the same with the sectional 'view through the end. Fig. 4 is a' outer covering sheet removed.- Fig. '3 is a sectional view showing an alternative form of end member. Fig. 5 IS a sectional detail showing a modified form of closing means.

' Fig. 6 s a section showing a still further modified form of closure. In the drawings, like characters of refer- .-.i speciaciatiio i ot Letters iatent' Application.filed..A1iri1:2,f19Q8. s'eriEh iQ-AQQBSS.

v I I I I enc'e indicate. corresponding partsi-"in' each-: "'Be' it known that I,"JAi in s"SiII'ri-I Fn io'n} 5' a e rablyentein 'l particulaf-rei "aiis trated, cons or d-iagdnally eit wiresl ls and 19 ecured at th spa e: a. sheet.l2'reinowied1to expose these mosses-ares; but it will;be undrstoodi Qth. hen .tlief package .finished' tl iisslieeU- IQ rill-cover up. than sx-ii res to expose a smooth and; evensurt'aceat the end. p

lhe member Bj' is" in th' "'sliape of 'a rectaiigula' blankf-jolded ,as illustrated, and in 'tl cff 'orefc-i'redcinbbdi ent, is formed two slne'c'ts f1t lfan similar-shape aiidf 8b contiguious to eac the *iiiner; one of ,e ,e i s fi'pmr board, ca rdbo 'ardfor' like "material, the outer? one-being of heavfy; flexible paper, whereby V itmay rote the edg esofj the inner. blank 1 from?"-'reakiiig."-"l hclengths ef- 't h es' blanks are such that when the p'acka e is closed, the edges will interlap and so i orm what maybe. termed a plurality. of interhere be noted that the words iiiterlapped flaps or .fiaps adapted to interlap 'are intended to cover: either a construction in. which a plurality of blanks are used, whose edges themselves, coi'istitutethe flaps or'on'e 100 in which the flaps are separately. formed gle blank'as shown 'injFi'g. 5,51 byattachiiig a separate strip of material thereto, as shown in Fig. (1. V 4

In order toprevent opening of the package without detection, a seal 22 may be insorted, connecting one of the interiorly di s ectangular fitting: 65

lapped flaps 18, 19, 20 and- 2], and it may either by splitting thecxtr'emities of a Sin-"f s: g Y

eating 1; e seal between the flap's as shown,

' a it is inconspicuous from the outside, yet the package "cannot be opened without break-' san thesame' n constructing the package, the closure is preferably. provided at the. top of-one of the sides and it will be observed that the. parts maybe very quickly and readily assembled, as all that has to be done is tonail or otherwise attach the outer edges of' the blanks 16 and 17 to. the edges of the end members A, the package being closed-by means of a few nails 23. or. other fastening means driven through all the fla 15..

In the form illustrated 'in i 5, the member B is formed of a single ilank 24 which is'split at-the'opposite e ges to form the interlappin flaps 25, 26, 27 and 28. 4 Inthe form s own in Fig. '6, the member B is of a blank 29, the edges 30 and 31 of which'are adapted to formtwo of the flaps, while separate strips 32 and 33 are suitably riveted or otherwise attached thereto, to con-. stitlite the remaining flaps of'the closure.

*From'theabove,'1t will be seen that the package ma -be assembled-with aminimu'm amount of abor and the'materialsused in its "construction, can @bereduced to a very low costf The stiifcndmembers give great rigidity to the package and-enable it-to withstand all the ma h usage itwould receive in shipping, as we as a wooden box. Fur-. ther than this, being reduced inthickness 85 its holdin ca acitywillbe' eaterjthan that of a'woo en ox and it wi be itself much lighter; j f

As many: changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my inven-a tion 'couldbe made without de arting from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter'c'ontained in' these specifications anddrawin'gs shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitin sense it is also. to be understood that-the anguage of the "following claimsisintended to cover such blank and the end members.

neric ands iiic features of the invention erein-descri d which, as a matter of.lan

guggfi, might be said to be included thereby;

t-I claimas my-invention is:-

1. A container having aside formed fibrous material, theedge of said material being s lit mechanically to form two naps] adapte to receive another end between them to roduce aninterlapped closure, whereby bot said flaps will be an. integral part 'of-- 'tang'ular frame having diagonally extending cross-wires. and a sheet of thin covering material and a blank folded to form the remaining sides and beingformed at one edge with .a lurality offlapsadapted' toreceive and ho d the opposite edge when the package is closed and fastening means connecting the 1 .4, A package including separately-formed end members each consisting of a still rectangular frame, a plurality of: covering sheets on the side thereof and diagonally extendingre'inforcing wires between the sheets 30 connected to the frame, and a blank folded to form the remaining sides and being formed at one edge 'with a plurality of flaps adapted to receive and hold the opposite edge when the package is closed and fastening means' connecting the blank and the end members. y

. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand'in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES SMITH FERGUSON. l Witnesses: I

.' 'Rwssnn S. SMART Wu: A. Wrna 

